Thesaurus: nation

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1. n. A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.
2. n. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own.
3. n. Family; lineage.
4. n. One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.
5. n. One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity.
6. n. A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs.
7. n. a politically organized body of people under a single government
8. n. the people who live in a nation or country
9. n. a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)
10. 1. (Ethnol.) A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock. All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. Rev. vii. 9. 2. The body of inhabitants of a country, united under an independent government of their own. A nation is the unity of a people. Coleridge. Praise the power that hath made and preserved us a nation. F. S. Key. 3. Family; lineage. [Obs.] Chaucer. 4. (a) One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe. (b) (Scotch Universities) One of the four divisions (named from the parts of Scotland) in which students were classified according to their nativity. 5. A great number; a great deal; -- by way of emphasis; as, a nation of herbs. Sterne. Five nations. See under Five. -- Law of nations. See International law, under International, and Law. Syn. -- people; race. See People.
11. A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguishedfrom the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; astock.All nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. Rev. vii. 9.
12. n:100 n. the people who live in a nation or country n. United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911) n. a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes)